Here is the output: > str(VPN_Sheet1$HVA) List of 2174 $ : chr "Email: f...@fffffffffff.com" $ : num 1 $ : chr "Eloisa Libas" $ : chr "Percival Esquejo" $ : chr "Louchelle Singh" $ : num 2 $ : chr "Charisse Anne Tabarno, RN" $ : chr "Sol Amor Mucoy" $ : chr "Josan Moira Paler" $ : num 3 $ : chr "Anna Katrina V. Alberto" $ : chr "Nenita Velarde" $ : chr "Eunice Arrances" $ : num 4 $ : chr "Catherine Henson" $ : chr "Maria Carla Daya" $ : chr "Renee Ireine Alit" $ : num 5 $ : chr "Marol Joseph Domingo - PS" $ : chr "Kissy Andrea Arriesgado" $ : chr "Pia B Baluyut, RN" $ : num 6 $ : chr "Gladys Joy Tan" $ : chr "Frances Zarzua" $ : chr "Fairy Jane Nery" $ : num 7 $ : chr "Gladys Tijam, RMT" $ : chr "Sarah Jane Aramburo" $ : chr "Eve Mendoza" $ : num 8 $ : chr "Gloria Padolino" $ : chr "Joyce Pearl Javier" $ : chr "Ayza Padilla" $ : num 9 $ : chr "Walfredson Calderon" $ : chr "Stephanie Anne Militante" $ : chr "Rennua Oquilan" $ : num 10 $ : chr "Neil John Nery" $ : chr "Maria Reyna Reyes" $ : chr "Rowella Villegas" $ : num 11 $ : chr "Katelyn Mendiola" $ : chr "Maria Riza Mariano" $ : chr "Marie Vallianne Carantes" $ : num 12
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 at 8:32 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > An atomic column of data by design has exactly one mode, so if any values are > non-numeric then the entire column will be non-numeric. What does > > str(VPN_Sheet1$HVA) > > tell you? It is likely either a factor or character data. > > On September 14, 2021 7:01:53 PM PDT, Gregg Powell via R-help > r-help@r-project.org wrote: > > > > Stuck on this problem - How does one remove all rows in a dataframe that > > > have a numeric in the first (or any) column? > > > > > Seems straight forward - but I'm having trouble. > > > > I've attempted to used: > > > > VPN_Sheet1 <- VPN_Sheet1[!is.numeric(VPN_Sheet1$HVA),] > > > > and > > > > VPN_Sheet1 <- VPN_Sheet1[!is.integer(VPN_Sheet1$HVA),] > > > > Neither work - Neither throw an error. > > > > class(VPN_Sheet1$HVA) returns: > > > > [1] "list" > > > > So, the HVA column returns a list. > > > > > Data looks like the attached screen grab - > > > > > The ONLY rows I need to delete are the rows where there is a numeric in > > > the HVA column. > > > > > There are some 5000+ rows in the actual data. > > > > > Would be grateful for a solution to this problem. > > > > How to get R to detect whether the value in column 1 is a number so the > > rows with the number values can be deleted? > > > > > Thanks in advance to any and all willing to help on this problem. > > > > > Gregg Powell > > > > > Sierra Vista, AZ > > -- > > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
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